2007

                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brambling, Kelling, 31st December 2007 (John Miller).

 
 

Wigeons, Cley, 25th December 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Calling and displaying in front of Daukes' Hide on a very dull and drizzly Christmas afternoon.

 
 

Black Swan, Cley, 10th December 2007 (John Furse). Lonely Blackie has been in residence at Cley for several years now.

 
 

Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 4th December 2007 (Rob Lee).

 
 

Snow Bunting, Salthouse, 3rd December 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Tree Sparrow, Cley, 2nd December 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Adult white morph Ross's Goose, Langham, 29th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Feeding on sugarbeet with about 7,500 Pink-footed Geese, and in the Cley square!

 
 

Red-necked Grebe, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 28th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Storm Petrel, Cockthorpe Airfield, 19th November 2007 (Andy Johnson). Found alive on the road by a non-birder a few days earlier, this storm-blown waif soon became a headless corpse.

 
 

Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 18th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Turnstone, Salthouse, 18th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Waxwing, Langham, 14th November 2007 (Richard Millington).

 
 

Pomarine Skua, Salthouse, 13th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 
 

Pomarine Skua, Salthouse, 11th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Great Crested Grebe, Cley, 10th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Little Auk, Cley, 10th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Grey Phalarope, Cley, 10th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 8th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Snow Bunting, Salthouse, 8th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Adult Pomarine Skua, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 6th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Grey Phalarope, Cley, Norfolk, 4th November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Pomarine Skua, Cley, 4th November 2007 (Matthew Rodgers).

 
 

Little Auk, Cley, 4th November 2007 (Matthew Rodgers).

 
 

Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 4th November 2007 (Matthew Rodgers).

 
 

Little Egret, East Bank, Cley, 2nd November 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Great White Egret, Stiffkey, 29th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Goldcrest, Blakeney Point, 25th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Great White Egrets, Stiffkey, 20th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). In an almost repeat but double performance from yesterday, these two flew west over Salthouse and Cley at 3pm; they then spent the rest of the afternoon on Stiffkey Marshes.

 
 

Great White Egret, Salthouse, 19th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Thanks to a prompt tip-off of this bird heading west past Sheringham, it was well-watched flying west over Salthouse and Cley this afternoon.

 
 

Grey Phalarope, Cley, 19th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Two were present just offshore this afternoon.

 
 

Whooper Swans, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 17th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). The wind turned to the northwest today and these four Whoopers arrived and promptly went to sleep.

 
 

Bearded Tits, Cley, 30th September 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Little Egrets, Cley, 30th September 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Long-tailed Skua, Blakeney Harbour, 27th September 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Purple Sandpiper, Blakeney Point, 27th September 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Kittiwakes and Common Terns, Cley, 10th September 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Wood Warbler, Blakeney Point, 24th August 2007 (Richard Porter).

 
 

Common Wheatear, Salthouse, 14th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 12th October 2007 (John Furse).

 
 

Golden Plovers, Cley, 13th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Male Stonechat, West Bank, Cley, Norfolk, 11th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). A small influx of Stonechats has occurred; at least four were around the reserve this afternoon and at least five were around Salthouse yesterday.

 
 

Grey Heron with Eel, East Bank, Cley, 8th October 2007 (Margaret and Les Fisher).

 
 

Barred Warbler, Kelling, 8th October 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

First-winter Mediterranean Gull, Pat's Pool, Cley, 6th October 2007 (Matthew Rodgers).

 
 

Barred Warbler, Kelling, 5th October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Two were present together in the track-side hedge just south of Kelling Water Meadow.

 
 

Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope, Morston, 3rd October 2007 (Steve Gantlett). This delightfully confiding bird, commuting between two tiny pools between Morston and Stiffkey, was completely unconcerned even at a distance of two feet!

 
 

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, Cley, 1st October 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Red-necked and Grey Phalaropes, Pat's Pool, Cley, 1st October 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Grey Phalarope, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 30th September 2007 (Gary Smith).

 
 

Moss Taylor and Red-flanked Bluetail, Weybourne Camp, 29th September 2007 (Richard Millington).

 
 

Sabine's Gull, Cley, 29th September 2007 (Richard Millington).

 
 

Red-necked Phalarope and Grey Phalarope, Pat's Pool, Cley, 29th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Another two Grey Phalaropes were on Simmonds' Scrape at the same time!

 
 

Red-flanked Bluetail, Weybourne Camp, 29th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Courtesy of Moss Taylor. Thank you, Moss!

 
 

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, Cley, 29th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Snow Bunting, Kelling, 29th September 2007 (Margaret & Les Fisher).

 
 

Great Skua, Cley, 28th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Great Skua, Cley, 27th September 2007 (Dave Curtis).

 
 

Gannet, Cley, 27th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Gannet, Cley, 27th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Grey Phalarope, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 26th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Knot, Salthouse, 25th September 2007 (Rob Lee).

 
 

Black-headed Gull, Salthouse, 23rd September 2007 (Sue Gantlett).

 
 

Adult winter Little Stint, Salthouse, 22nd September 2007 (Julian Bhalerao).

 
 

Wood Sandpiper, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 22nd September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Little Stint, Salthouse, 22nd September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Arctic Tern, Salthouse, 22nd September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Garganey, Pat's Pool, Cley, 13th September 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Turnstone, Cley, 13th September 2007 (Ernie Janes).

 
 

Kestrel, Cley, 9th September 2007 (Robin Abel).

 
 

Knot, Salthouse, 8th September 2007 (Matthew Rodgers).

 
 

Knots, Salthouse, 7th September 2007 (Ernie Janes).

 
 

Little Grebe, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th September 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Juvenile Ruff, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Ruff and Redshank, Cley, 16th August 2007 (Ernie Janes).

 
 

Common Snipe, Cley, 6th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Common Wheatear, Cley, 6th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Egyptian Goose, Salthouse, 6th September 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Sacred Ibis, Stiffkey, 5th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Cley, 5th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Cormorant, Cley, 5th September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Common Tern, Cley, 3rd September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Black-tailed Godwit, Pat's Pool, Cley, 3rd September 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Common Snipe, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 31st August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Sandwich Terns, Salthouse, 31st August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Sparrowhawk, Cley, 28th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Green Sandpiper, Pat's Pool, Cley, 26th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Five were on Pat's Pool this evening.

 
 

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike, Cley, 25th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). After two days, this bird is still beside the beach road.

 
 

Greenish Warbler, Blakeney Point, 24th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). One of up to five on the Point today! Two or three were in the Plantation!

 
 

Spotted Flycatcher, Blakeney Point, 24th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Icterine Warbler, Weybourne, 24th August 2007 (Bryan Bland). Trapped and ringed at Weybourne this morning, by kind courtesy of Martin Preston.

 
 

Greenish Warbler, Weybourne, 23rd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Only just outside the Cley square... trapped and ringed at Weybourne this evening, by kind courtesy of Martin Preston.

 
 

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike, Cley, 23rd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). In horrible weather, this delightful bird arrived and showed well by the 'cattle cruncher' beside the beach road.

 
 

Shelduck, Pat's Pool, Cley, 22nd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Tree Sparrow, Cley, 18th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Grey Heron, Cley, 18th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Waders, Pat's Pool, Cley, 16th August 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Ringed Plover chick, Salthouse, 16th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). A quite late brood just hatched.

 
 

Dunlin, Salthouse, 16th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Little Tern, Salthouse, 16th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Common Whitethroat, Cley, 14th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Green Sandpiper, Pat's Pool, Cley, 13th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Common Redstart, Kelling Hard, 12th August 2007 (Les Fisher).

 
 

Spotted Redshank, Pat's Pool, Cley, 10th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Ruff, Pat's Pool, Cley, 10th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Little Egret, Pat's Pool, Cley, 8th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Green Sandpiper, Pat's Pool, Cley, 6th August 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Curlew Sandpiper, Pat's Pool, Cley, 6th August 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Cley, 4th August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Greenshank, Cley, 3rd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Cley, 3rd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). One of the typical juveniles.

 
 

Spotted juvenile Marsh Harriers, Cley, 2nd August 2007 (John Miller). Two of the several young on the reserve look like this this year; the rest are normal.

 
 

Green Sandpiper, Daukes Hide, Cley, 2nd August 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Juvenile Moorhen and Hedgehog, Daukes Hide, Cley, 1st August 2007 (Steve Gantlett). The young 'hog was a surprise evening visitor in front of Daukes.

 
 

Spoonbill, Salthouse, Norfolk, 28th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). This bird arrived, spent the day on the Iron Road Pools, and then disappeared again.

 
 

Little Egret, East Bank, Cley, 27th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Dunlins and Little Stint, Sea Pool, Salthouse, 27th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Dunlins, Sea Pool, Salthouse, 27th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Sea Pool is the Dunlin hotspot at the moment; very few are using Arnold's Marsh or the reserve, but about 200 are roosting and feeding on Sea Pool.

 
 

Goldfinch, Glandford, 22nd July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Slate-coloured Junco, Langham, 14th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). What an amazing find for the Cley Square and the gardens of Langham! A big thank you to the householders for the news and for allowing access to their back gardens!

 
 

Pectoral Sandpiper, Cley, 14th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). A new arrival on the reserve today, on the North Scrape.

 
 

Cormorant, Cley, 13th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

Coot, Cley, 12th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). It's raining again!

 
 

Red-necked Phalarope, with Avocet, Cley, 11th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Cloud and a northwesterly breeze brought this bird to Pat's Pool for the morning.

 
 

Arctic Tern, Cley, 10th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

First-summer Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 10th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). This bird flew west along the beach at midday.

 
 

Juvenile Black-headed Gull, Pat's Pool, Cley, 10th July 2007 (Phil Vines).

 
 

Adult Yellow-legged Gull, Cley, 9th July 2007 (Pat Wileman). On North Scrape early morning.

 
 

Adult Little Gull, Cley, 8th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett).

 
 

First-summer Little Gull, Cley, 8th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Two adult and two first-summer Little Gulls were off the beach late morning.

 
 

Normal and 'Polish' juvenile Mute Swans, Cley, 7th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). The white morph continues to loaf in front of Bishop Hide, along with its siblings and parents.

 
 

Swallow, Cley, 7th July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). The Swallows have again successfully reared broods at the Coastguards, despite the mostly dreadful weather this summer.

 
 

Sand Martin, Cley, 3rd July 2007 (Steve Gantlett). Beside the Eye Pool this evening.

 
 

First-summer Arctic Tern, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 1st July 2007 (John Miller).

 

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